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Small-business owners struggling to remain afloat are increasingly defying new shutdown orders, in some cases pointing to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s French Laundry dinner as a reason not to comply.
Thursday's roundup covers vaccine guidelines, CDC risk metrics, omicron subvariant worries, mask mandates, surprise billing and more.
COVID-19’s toll weighs heavily on nurses, who can suffer stress and other psychological problems if they don’t believe they are able to help their patients sufficiently.
It’s a complex program with many options — as well as confusing rules and nuances. Here’s how to get reliable guidance.
Tuesday's roundup report on covid vaccine developments, omicron subvariant, overflowing hospitals, masks, tests, Califf, cancer and more.
Monday's roundup covers clashes over abortion law, predicted winter covid surge, vaccines, hepatitis, teen suicide, NIH, and more.
Contact tracers in many states are stretched thin. Colorado is among the latest states to launch an app that aims to help, based on the COVID contact-tracing tool built by Apple and Google. But there’s a chicken-and-egg problem: More people will use them if they prove to work, but the apps become effective only if more people use them.
Catalyzed by the paltry response to the pandemic and the inequities it is causing, people are flocking to graduate programs in public health to become the next front-line workers.
California’s ping-ponging approach to managing the pandemic — twice reopening large portions of the service sector economy only to shut them again — has residents and business owners on edge. But experts say the push and pull on businesses may be what success looks like in much of the U.S. for months to come, given COVID-19’s pervasive spread.
Tuesday's roundup covers abortion, veteran health care, covid cases rising, air mask mandate, boosters, anxiety, hunger, opioids and more.
Monday's roundup covers the delta variant, covid origins, vaccine incentives, VA transgender policy, Medicare, Medicaid, opioids and more.
Thursday's roundup covers abortion, record covid and overdose deaths, vaccines, a big health system merger, ACA, infant formula, and more.
Friday's roundup covers covid vaccines, uncounted deaths, abortion laws and court battles, hepatitis, opioids, and more. Plus, weekend reads.
Thursday's roundup covers record drug deaths, ACA enrollment, budget plan, marijuana, delta cases vs. vaccines, Aduhelm and more.
Ride-sharing and delivery services such as Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart are bankrolling California’s Proposition 22, which would keep their drivers classified as independent contractors, not employees. But health benefits? That's something of a stretch.
Thursday's roundup covers Biden's pick to run pancemic response, wastewater levels, long covid, vaccines, drug costs, hunger, sleep, and more.
Wednesday's roundup covers covid cases, mask mandates, vaccines, rapid tests, Medicare, abortion, mental health, drug prices and more.
Most students at one Marin County school attend in person, while a dozen study from home. Those on campus are constantly nagged to use hand sanitizer and submit to the thermometer. Home-schoolers yell to their parents for help, while the parents pray that Zoom doesn’t freeze.
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